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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
Bits from Brown Oity,


Village election takes place second
Monday in March.
Dennis Windsor is visiting friends in
Canada.
George Hutchinson formerly of this
place who recently suffered the loss OF
his wife in Kansas, is visiting his
friends and relatives here.
Windsor Bros. recently sold pair OF
greyhound pups to Stephen L. Fish
beck. of Howell, Mich, who intends
sending them to friend in Florida.
}. +. Holden has purchased beauti.
full st. Bernard dog only eleven weeks
old weighing 80 lbs.
The Cushman Telephone Co. contem-
plate running line through the village
We are happy to state Mrs. Miller is
recovering from the severe injury she
sustained falling off the NJ. +. church
platform.
There was successful oyster supper
held ar the residence of W. III. Marion
in aid of the United Brethren church
OH the 22nd.
The city band paraded the principal
streets OH Washington's birthday and
discoursed some very choice music; but
the event of the day was the assembly
in Browns Hall.
There was sound OF reyelry by night,
And Belgium's Capital had gathered there
Her beauty and her chiyalry.
The poets beautiful description of
the ball given by the Duchess of Rich
mond in BRUSSELS, the night preceding
Waterloo, might almost be applied to
our social gathering here the 22nd
The large and brilliantly lighted hall
was filled to overlooking with pleasure
seekers from far and near. who dispers-
ed at a reasonable hour feeling no doubt
they had done ample justice to the
memory of the immortal George. Re-
freshments were served in mastery
manner at the restaurant of G.H.Loree
Mr.. Loree is fast becoming popular in
this line.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
Facts from Fargo,

A. Lohr 4 Sons grist and saw mill
necessarily runs day and night.
J. IL. Bartlett never ceases selling
farming implements. Looks AS though
he meant biz.
We are pleased to note that Daniel
Mulligan will move to this place in the
near future.
The oyster supper held in Rands
Hall, Feb. %, was decided success
owing to the prevailing weather. Net
proceeds about $1,000.
Scarlet fever has found its way into
our midst. So the doctor says.
The long talked of wedding took
place at the residence of the brides
parents in this place. The contracting
parties were Miss Mary Vogeli and John
Hoffman, of Port Huron. Not only
your correspondent but a mason is al.
most heart broken over the affair. May
their days be many and their troubles
little ones is the wish of their friends
SULLIVAN.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
Vapor from Valley Centre.

March came in with smile-it is
playing "pOssum"-loOk out for squalls.
NJ. V. Wixon, Of Fremont, visited
relatives in town Saturday and Sunday.
G. a. Hovey, representative of the
PIT. Huron Commercial was in town
last week.
Mrs. DR.. Ingelsby has moved in town
having purchased the Wiley property
The business end of a genuine "Dako-
Ia blizzard" was lettering in this vicin.
ity Saturday and sunday.
Mr. Mcknight, of Ont, is visiting his
brother Chas. who is seriously ill.
Rumors are afloat to the effect that
the bachelors and others of this com.
munity will convene at the residence
of one of our citizens some night this
week and have dance and a rafting
good time, generally.
Oh. boys! what rude remnants of bar.
barism we are? Why disturb the peace.
full slumber of the big-souled dispenser
of american Extra Dry" by making
night hideous in and around his place
OF business. MT KARsON.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
Worth Your Attention.

Cut this out and mail it to Allen IL
Co.. Augusta, Maine. who will send you
free. something new, that just coins
money for all workers. AS wonderful
as the electric light. as genuine rs pure
gold, it will prove of lifelong value and
Importance to you. Both sexes. all
ages Allen X Go. beai expense of
starting you in business. 1t will bring
you in more cash, right lay. than
anything else in this won d anyone
anywhere can do the work, ID live at
home also. Better write at ce. then.
knowing all. should you Conciade that
you don't care To engage, Why 40 harm
is done.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
The Verdict Unanimous.

". D. suit. Druggist, Bippus. mt,
testities: Il can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took six bottles, and was
cured Of rheumatism of l0years' stand
ing" Abraham Hare, druggist, Bell
vile. Ohio. atiirms: THE best selling
medicine have ever handled in my q
years experience. is Electric Bitters.'
Thousands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unani-
nous that Electric Bitters do cure all
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood
Only a half dollar a bottle at Chas. A.
Wells Il Cos drug store.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
CORRESPONDENTS.
Budget From Brockway.

Christie iIanna VAS brought home
last wcoa being hurt in railway acct
cent. lie Is rapidly recovering. His
sisters Miss VI. j. Hanna and Mrs. H.
:. Ballentine, Of Port Huron are visit
ing him.
Miss Ella Mckay. of Grant. visited
with Miss Aggie Vanorinsn last week
Mic Hayes, is building large nipple.
ment warehouse IN this place.
Mr.. and Mrs III. +. Drake, Of Brock.
way Centre, spent Sunday with W. IL
Ballentine and family in this place.
Mrs. II. Thorne and daughter Buls
visited ut Peck last week
We understand that Miss Kate Nc
kenzie has severed her connection with
w. II. Ballentine's store We imagine
We hear wedding bells ringing.
Aparty WAS given last Friday even
ing at Richard Vanorman's and goo(
time was had.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03

Ale, t,kasaford captured the former
and ii. taswell The latter position. The
other ticket is headed by T. =. Warren
for Pres: q. y. Smith for Marshal and
Jacob Waltz for treasurer IT is re-
ported that the sore heads will get up Il
third ticket.
Mrs. Egbert mother Of Mrs. @. Is.
Smith died last Thursday morning mt
the age OF 81. She has been a great
sufferer for nearly - years size was
confined TO her bed the greater part OF
that time. Her remains were taken to
Saline for burial. Elder Wallace oili-
ciating. Lax.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03
,oN'r SPEND TIME TO READ THIS

Unless you need Dry Goods Groceries, Tin Cockery Boots
Shoes Hats Caps and general line of merchandise suited the
of the public which cordially inspect and prices
before purchasing elsewhere We constantly receiving New Goods
which with will be underod We have adopted
the SYSTEM receiving liberal and increasing patronage
sell good goods cheap and at the SAME PRICE ALL
gallon SO inches
Come and We always here show goods and
thankful vor and trust by fair dealing
tinuanee of the
Very Respectfully
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-03

Wear Il Paisley's 25ct. 4 leads them
all. Call in and convince yourself Of
the fact.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Baked NTfIk.

Baked milk, a contemporary tells us, almost equals cream in richness, and will be found very beneficial in all cases where nutritious diet is advisable. It will sometimes work wonders in con- sumptive people,
 The milk should be new, put into stone jar, tied over, and set in a slow oven fUr some hours. If left in all night so much the better. A hot oven will have different effect entirely; tho slower t.e oven, the thicker the milk w.ll be.
 1t may be taken just as it is. while warm, or if preferred, cold. It is better to bake small quantities. not more than sufficient for each days con- sumption.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
kPPETIZERS.
Ashark,s Mistake aud How He RectIfed

A Sharks Mistake aud How He Rectlfied It.
 "Don't you do no foolin' with shark, |" said Barnegat fisherman as he crowded tobacco into his pipe for another smoke. Sharks is an animal that Knows more'n you ihiak for.
 "A couple of years ago took party out after weakfish in the yacht Mary. She belongs to Capt. Small, or did aFore he died.
 We were anchored up in Bay No. 3, and the fish w.re biting like smoke, when all at once r,.e school leit us. knowe i that meant a shIrk and l looked around fer him.
 "Purty soon he came alongside and I up with q pole and gave him an awful jab in the back. Youc ant hurt a shark body very we'll, but his feelings ara as tender as a child's.
 "Tn.s fellow ran off bit and then cooked h.s eye at me and took good long sQuint. Then he an around under the stern to read the yachts name, and waen he went off he gay, h.s tall tiirt which meant that he would call around ald make it pleasant for Iue some other time.
 Well, In the course of three or four days, Capt.Small got home and went out in lhe Mary for sh @. head.
 "He went up to No. aud cast anchor, and then sot down ill his usual position -hs r-ght leg hanging over the port quarter and his foot just touching the water. He hadn't been there ten min u eS before along came shark and cut that leg o1 below the knee as slick as & cAopp r could have done it.
 "The captain had skeercely realized his loss afore the fish came back with the leg, giving himself a hist and twist. and the bloody meat was flung back into the boat.
 "For why? Because the shark had discove ed that he had bit the wrong man. He was after me- and he had got Small. He Lad nothin agin Small, and he cheer fully brought back the leg when he dis coYercd hiS mistake.
 "The cap. ain he die of the tite but not before I had explained things. and the last thing he said was that he for gave the shaIk."
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Nothing Mercenary about Her.

"Ill keep this diamond engagement ring" sh said in breaking the engaga a- ment.
 "Tm surprised" remarked the male mem CT of the social contract, "that yo,. shoul wish to keep anyt.,ing that will remind you constantly of me"
 keep il" she continued as she toyed with the gold band and its sparkling setting. "not for its intrinsic value, but simply as reminder of how big fl Tt a man can be"
 "If that is the case," said he, "and you don't want it for it's value, will ex- change l. and give you cheaper ketp- eake-one that will not tempt you to wear, but will keep just as well as gen. uiae diamond. S. Paul Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
She Gave Her Flower to God.

At a baby's funeral the family gath cred about ihe little open grave and each one dropped into it sweet fragrant snowy LlUssom, the last souvenir of cart ly love All but one.
 When it came to the younges', little ei,l ot f W summers, to lart with her precious flower she held it tightly in her lasped h n Is. as If defying anyone 10 take it from her.
 "GIve it with the rest. urgel her father, gently; mamma had to give up Lers.'
 "O, but mamma gave her flower to God" hsped the child instantly.
 A suggestion that carried an infinite peace into the hearts bowed down wi.n grief. A...>
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
@@zaa xza Zowr Orders.

END YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS PERSUADE YOUR NEIGHBOR
 DO LIKEWISE.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Pen Picture or an Eloquent Congressman


 Mir. - was the talki member or the House of Representative in the Forty.ninth Congress. The impulse to ake the floor seemed to be irresistible so him.
 He made three speeches where any oL. ar member made one.
 Th.re is nothing eloquent in MT. -s appearance. His figure is stumpy, and d long-skirted frock coat doesn't lm- prove the outlines. A very fat face, which in repose Is broadened by grin, c .nveyS the impression that Mir. - may be humorist. This impression is dIspelled soon after he gets tle fl or. His style of oratory is the pathetic. Give him the case of loyal widow whose wood-pile melted away in the six ties as the result of the proximity of & camp.
 For two minutes NIT. - talks with great gravity; then his arms begin to swing. The precipitation comes out in big drops and rolls down hs face. His voice qkavers and takes on the trcmolo of the camp-meeting exhorter. Atlength he weeps.
 IL seems as if he is about to be over- come with emotion. Not so. He is now in his red heat, and he maintains 1t until the rap of the gavel informs him that his time is up.
 Then the tears stop, the deep rich color gradually recedes, the precipitation dries. the broad face expands with that happy look, and MT. - is serene and at petce with the world again.
 To see Mr. work himself up to orator pitch and let himself down 10 his normal level without wrecking his sus- penders was one of the entertaining feat ures of the Forty-ninth Congress-.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Washington Irvirg Was an Honest Man

Recently R "gister Rosecrans published a list of ex-of1iciais of tho government against whom there stands unpaid bal ances upon books in his office.
 The record shows that Washington Irving oweI the government three cents at the expiration of his term a5 Minis er to Sra II in 1S4S.
 Not long after d letter was received from an ol and distant relative of the author r,siLing in Kittanning, Penn., en- closing tho three cents to close account. Sac saId in her letter:
 ''I want you to understand that Wash ington Irving was a scrupulously honest mau.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Lung Burglars.

Mrs. Proudfoot Malaprop dropped in to have a sociable hour of gossip with her next door neighbor.
 70, did you know that pore Fanny Mullens is dead?" she asked, clicking h,r knitting needles and settling herself conf rtably on the softesr chair.
 No; what ailed herr"
 Burglars on the lungs, think it g. They're all avs fatal. Some folks call em' lung burglars, pore soul"
 And she picked up the stitch that she had drol ped.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
She Was Poli e Child.

The polite child is the latest in the ju- venile word.
 She was s,rolling around the neighbor- hood on a tour of observation, when sine came across colored man sitting on 0 doorstep.
 She stood with her finger in her mouth To king at him:
 You're a colored man, ain't you2"
 You're a very polite little girl" he said. "Yes, I'm colored man."
 "Oh, yes, l am very polite. I call every nigger sce colored man. n."-[San Francisco Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
Too Much for His Understanding.

The conversation turned on the differ ence of ages between married people.
 As for me-" remarked CIlino, |" remember that when was married my wife was nine years the younger
 Well, and how do you stand to-day?' asked some one.
 This question perplexed the poor, thick headed husband.
 "Oh !-ah !-I really can't say! But you-you-you'l understand tLat-that since then she must have arown-grown -oider !"- Tid-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
One for the Barber.

Razor pull, sah?" inquired the tonsorial artist of the man he was shaving,
 Well, I should think you had an idea that my face was the earth, and was trying to do some hoeing on it."
 Not 'zackly the earth, sah; but from de amount ob cheek, should say bout de whole universe. -[Drakes Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
MT. Grinn's Crafty Pun.

Mir. Grim (whe had just be n helped to some lum pudding with wine sauce): Mrs. Meagre, do you know why this pudding is like the River Nile?'
 Mr.. II II really can't say, MT. Grin Way is it?"
 MT. G.: " Because, my good lady. it's mighty lard to find it's sauce. Yon- kerS Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-04-28
For Good and Sufficient Reason.

Do you rlay the piano?" asked he. Yes," she replied. "Sing?"
 {" Yes"
 "Sins the 'Mikado 2'' "Yes."
 Mary, I think we had better part forever. "- Merchant Traveller.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
An AnecdOte of Bishop Simpson.

Late one Saturday night he arrived at a
town in the mountainous regions OF Penn.
~sylvania, where he was u total stranger
The next morning he made his way to the
Methodist Church, and accosted the pas
tor. telling him he was a brother in the
ministry. Simpson being extremely
awkward and plain in appearance, the
pastor was half inclined to omit
the courtesy due a brother preacher
of asking him to deliver a sermon.
If he inquired of the Bishop as to his name
he must have failed to catch it, for he GER
tainly had no idea to whom he was speak
ing. His request for the strang r to
preach was expressed in the most formal
and constrained manner. The stranger
readily agreed to fill the pulpit, and the pas
tors chagrin was evident as he resigned
himself to his fate. The Bishop preached
one OF his powerful sermons aud every
one in the audience whispered to his
neighbor: "Who is he?" Before he had
taken his seat the pastor had him by the
hand. "What did you say your name
WASP" Simpson" what! Not the
Bishop" THAT is what they call me-"
The minister instantly sprang to his feet
and shouted: "You have just had the
privilege OF listening to Bishop Simpson;
Let us sing: Praise God from whom all
blessings fow.'"-An,erican Magazine.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
Was It Bacon Who Wrote Shakespeare

New YORK, August 27.-The World to-
morrow will print an elaborate expose OF
Ignatius Donnelly's attempt to dethrone
Shakespeare and award the authorship OF
his plays to Lord Bacon. The article il
written by Prof. Davidson. tie well known
philosopher and critic, whose opinion car
ries great weight. Mr.. Davidson admits
that if the plays had come down
to US without any authors name
they would, unheSitatingly, be
attributed to- Bacon. The article gives a
brief summary Of the results reached in
Donnelly's book o to be published. in
which he shows Shakespeare to have been
stepped almost in every kind OF vica; to
have been a for~nicator, an adulterer. a
usurer, an oppressor of the poor, a drunk
ard, a systematic liar. and a forger OF
pedigrees lying in the prime of life from the
results of a three days drunken Spree. He
next shows that we nave no record that
Shakespeare ever owned a library or even
a book, and that not a single scrap OF his
manuscript has come downt to us and there
is nothing to show that Shakespeare was
not very illiterate.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31

eravely discussed here, is a Hume 100 mill.
long to convey timber from Sun River can.
yon to Great Falls. There ia sa;d - -
large body OF good a.. ~ timber back of the
ea1 ny Tss LEI. least 10000 900 ieet in one n
for the flume, but cord wood fence 10y
railroad ties, and everything else h az,
shape Of wood will command q ready mn"
ket at big prices in this timberlees sect;"'n
It has also been proposed to constrnct ~
ore chute from Neihart to the reduct;on
works at the Falls, about sixty miles in q
bee line. The grade is hardly steep enough
to slide the ore by gr~avitation, but The
viii be in the form of a pipe, Through
which the ore will be drawn by a suction
apparatus, driven by water power. swIo.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
On the Verge of Confession.

It was a New Bedford man who, when a
terrible storm set in one night, rushed into
the house of a neighbor and cr.ed out;
zones, this is the ending up OF EARTH
s.I'm afraid so-I'm afraid sol" was the
reply.
"And what shall we do?"
snake our peace with heaven"
The wind blew still stronger, the house
began to shake, and the excited man ex'
claimed:
Zones, you lost five bushels OF wheat
last fall?"
YES" =,
"And you have your suspicions!"
II have. The MAI who took my "nea'
had better own up"
.'Can you forgive him7"
"Well." Here the wind suddenly dropped
and after looking through the window, the
nnso;.ncaatricke man turned and finished:
Eyes, if ever 1 meet him I'll advise him to
call around."-N. Y. Mercury.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
s,-. NJ the Ono In front, at east.

certain New York gentleman while
travelling in the East met a Derv'sn carry.
q couple of baskets slung over his
ahoulders-one dangling in front Inc one
behind. In each basket was a charming
what is all this about?" asked the New
Yorker.
.R Be doing this sort of thing long?"
eighteen years; ever since they "e'e
babies" -.n -..-+.;n Of their
.~v;rtne.," ventured the Ne" 1orkes: his
"WelI, I" said the Dervlsh, sc CT s:I'm
head in a meditatlve sor' ~ "
lead sure of the one IN 1ron''
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
THE WAR.
inc Postal Company Ia Elected From the
Chicago Board of Trade.

h Postal Company Is Elected From tn.
Chicago Boar of Trade.
Chicago Special: In relation to tn,
action Of President Wright in bouncing
from the Board of Trade the Postal Tele
graph Company, General Superintendent
Parker Of that company says to-day: ~
consider this whole business an attempt Of
the Western Union to injure the Postal,
This company never furnished the Chicago
market quotations. The news goes as
messages and of course chat is legitimate.
On the first Of July, when the bucket-shop
law took effect, Mr.. Wright asked il We
were sending quotations to bucket shops.
II said we we're not, although in striving
to do so We had sacrificed thousands Of
dollars. He asked whether we had any
wires leased to bucket-shops, and I said
we had several. He asked us to cut them
out. I said that we had contracts, that.
wires were leased and I didn't feel like cut
ting these wires without consulting my at
torney. A few weeks ego Mr.. Wright asked
me to remove from the board all wires
which were worked from there into any and
all private offices in this city.
II complied promptly, as We only had
one wire OF the character specified. Later
Murphy & Co. told me they had been de-
prived Of all Western Union wires because
would notgrant certain demands, and he
had got no markets through US, but
through the Western Union. gave him a.
st. Louis wire. Yesterday morning the
Western Union people. saw that Murphy
& Co. had the market service and they
begged the firm to take them back.
Jays he saw a letter from
offering to reinstate them
''Mr. Murphy replied to them that when
had to depend upon the Western Union
or his service he would 60 out of business.
Yesterday Mr.. Wright asked me to cut off
he wires in Murphy's Office. I said l
want to annul contracts 80 summa-
lily, but would consult by wire G.. M. Lor-
ne, President OF the North American Tele-
.raph Company, and the President of the
Postal Company, and would let Mr.. Wright
NOW the result in the afternoon at 3
,'clock. Ishowed him Mr.. Loring's request
hat nothing be done till Saturday, and
prayed for delay until I could
each the President of the Postal Com |
If Mr.. Wright had notified mt as to !
lis l should have cut off Murphy & |
'o.'s wires" |
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
sounds Like SANDER

A genius has invented a machine ,a Saa.
80 down a mans words as rapidly
- +sIks. He tried it on his VIE on.
day, and the contrivance gov . 4 h" it was
in iess than ten minutes, and tnen o.
ten thousand words behind: De n:n Is ;n ~
work on an attachment which . will hundred hundred
r res SRSso per minute, and be s; vii, r tSe' have We
cns a.sn asch other ior nearly oAS'
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-31
On Account Of q Lady.

Little Rock Special: A terrible tragedy
was enacted in the Chickasaw Nation on
Friday last, in which three persons were
wounded. Two families named Har-
rison and Graham became involved In a
quarrel about Harrison's daughter, whom
young Graham wanted to marry, but the
lady's father declined to allow the mar
riaee. The young man threatened to shoot
Harrison. and the latter's son, be-
lieving his fathers life in danger, shot
Graham inf1icting a mortal wound. A
young brother of the wounded man, seeing
his brother fall, shot young Harrison
through the arm, when the elder Harrison,
who had armed himself, reappeared, and
was also shot by Graham. Members OF
the families who were absent from the
camp; hearing the firing, came up and
prevented furthertlood shed. 1t is thought
the three men will die.